here is my new GVshe is sat on at's with what i am assuming is a 2" trial master orange series lift (if anyone knows the standard ride height i can check)

it came from south wales .. if anyone recognizes it...

Fri May 09, 2014 7:08 pm

Wed May 14, 2014 5:56 pm

albeano

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Location: Hayle
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Re: my new daily drive/laner/bain of my life...

Well i started today... My calmini arms turned up.. i noticed one had a repair done on the ARB link but im not going to be using an ARB .. so all should be good .. i got my measuring stick out an checked as best i could that they are true and straight

freshly painted in hammerite black . So i gave the a good clean out. They were full of a clay type mud....

Ah but this is me we are talking about here... if it can go wrong it will lolThey were a bit tricky but they all came out... Just got to wait 3 weeks for the mrs mate to come over from the states with my new bushes.....I would love to find some in this country.. as i heard that the calmini bushes are not the best...???

gave them a little clean up to check the welds before they get shot blast....

...turns out ive got a robins nest in my overalls, with a chick in so im going to have to leave the little sod for the next 2 weeks

Thu May 15, 2014 7:41 pm

Sun May 18, 2014 3:38 pm

albeano

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Re: my new daily drive/laner/bain of my life...

went to my local car parts store and matched up the ball joints .. they are standard vitara...£10.50+ vat each...also while i was there i got some astra shocks.... £7.50+vat.... be rude not too....stripped out the old trial master shocks ...and rebuilt the astra shocks with the old boots...

because the old shocks were fatter i turned the boots around and used a rattle can lid to fatten up the top so the boot fitted... was rather chuffed with the outcome...

overall the ride is dramatically different from the trial master sport shocks... so much nicer....

then i came home and gave the front arms a lick of paint..well my little bro's gf did....

seeing as im a pipefitter we had some yellow gas paint left so that was my reason for the colour

Sun May 18, 2014 3:38 pm

Sun May 25, 2014 9:31 am

albeano

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Re: my new daily drive/laner/bain of my life...

stuck my wheel spacers on today to stop the wheels rubbing the chassis..before

after

my bushes have turned up at my mates house in santa monica..just got to wait till she comes over in june now....

and just reading up about the 2" bodylift and the steering shaft and turbo issues...unsure....

Sun May 25, 2014 9:31 am

Tue Jun 03, 2014 8:20 pm

albeano

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Location: Hayle
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Re: my new daily drive/laner/bain of my life...

had a bit of luck on ebay at the weekend found these off a grand vitara ..

£55 posted i have bought the bush set for my control arms and they come with the bushes for the diff drop brackets.. so i will be changing them over..

what i think i need..1.5" spring spacersextended brake hoses bigger tyres that are not remoulds....2" bodyliftfront shock pin spacers

Tue Jun 03, 2014 8:20 pm

Thu Jun 05, 2014 9:55 pm

CRAVEN

Re: my new daily drive/laner/bain of my life...

Hi, your GV looks like a good project car and ideal for laning. I've been looking at a few GV's for laning, I've got a couple of SWB 1.6 vitara's one of which I use mainly for laning but it's lacking a bit of power for the long trips round the Lakes, so I'm thinking to move up to something with a bigger engine. Have you done much off roading in yours yet?

I can can bet all the plastic trims aren't going to last long!

Thu Jun 05, 2014 9:55 pm

Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:03 pm

albeano

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Location: Hayle
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Re: my new daily drive/laner/bain of my life...

i have done a few light lanes but nothing serious . its really comfy and being the derv and re-mapped it has poke and alot of smoke lolas for the plastic trims thats what self tappers and tigerseal are for

Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:03 pm

Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:58 pm

albeano

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Re: my new daily drive/laner/bain of my life...

been a bit slow on the old project ...but last night I changed my 4th injector as it was rattling, so that's going back to the refub company to be recalibrated..my bushes from the states turned up...

and I have put in an order to Dave @ BITS4VITS

Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:58 pm

Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:21 pm

albeano

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Location: Hayle
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Re: my new daily drive/laner/bain of my life...

had a little delivery on Friday... thanks Dave

and these turned up yesterday even got the two for between the body and chassis ready for the body lift

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